I meant proffessors from cutting edge research universities. State schools have great proffessors in them, but I would like to work at a university with cutting edge research. I love Buffalo, but its research endowment is nothing compared to other better universities. From what I have seen, proffessors who work in places like MIT, UCB, UCLA, Vanderbilt and other similar universities fo not go to regulars state schools for their undegrad.